Democratic Delegate Brooke Lierman told CNN that single-use plastics like styrofoam containers are taking over the neighborhoods, bays, and oceans.
She was the primary sponsor of the House bill.Lierman said that the state needed to take significant steps toward cutting back on the use of single-use plastics so that future generations can have a clean, safe planet.
She had proposed the bill twice previously but believes that the public finally recognizes the urgency of the plastic dilemma.While the public strongly agrees with the bill, the American Chemistry Council voiced their opposition to the ban.
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